linux/net/unix
Catherine Zhang dc49c1f94e [AF_UNIX]: Kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram getpeersec patch
From: Catherine Zhang <cxzhang@watson.ibm.com>

This patch implements a cleaner fix for the memory leak problem of the
original unix datagram getpeersec patch.  Instead of creating a
security context each time a unix datagram is sent, we only create the
security context when the receiver requests it.

This new design requires modification of the current
unix_getsecpeer_dgram LSM hook and addition of two new hooks, namely,
secid_to_secctx and release_secctx.  The former retrieves the security
context and the latter releases it.  A hook is required for releasing
the security context because it is up to the security module to decide
how that's done.  In the case of Selinux, it's a simple kfree
operation.

Acked-by:  Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-08-02 14:12:06 -07:00
..
af_unix.c [AF_UNIX]: Kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram getpeersec patch 2006-08-02 14:12:06 -07:00
garbage.c [NET] sem2mutex: net/ 2006-03-20 22:33:17 -08:00
Kconfig [NET]: move config options out to individual protocols 2005-07-11 21:13:56 -07:00
Makefile Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sysctl_net_unix.c [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00